Privately Insured Individuals Are Still at Risk of Medical Debt, Financial Concerns

  • Oct 07, 2022

    People with private health insurance are just about as likely to have medical debt as the U.S. population as a whole, according to a study published on Sept. 16 in JAMA Network Open. Lead study author David U. Himmelstein, M.D., tells AIS Health, a division of MMIT, that the results suggest that health insurers could do more to protect enrollees from financial hardship. 

    The authors examined more than 135,000 people who completed the U.S. Census Bureau’s Surveys of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) from 2017 to 2019. During that time, 10.8% of individuals carried medical debt, including 10.5% of privately insured and 15.3% of uninsured people.  

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  • Tim Casey

    Tim has been a reporter and editor for newspapers, websites and magazines for more than 20 years, including 10 years covering health care business topics. He has a deep knowledge of the managed care industry and pharmacy benefit management. He also has experience covering medical conferences and clinical and legislative health care issues. In 2014, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected Tim as one of 15 journalists to participate in a national symposium on the Affordable Care Act. Tim has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.

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